The hard part about star tram is finding an 81 mile tall mountain to build it up the side. Perhaps they could just pile up the BS from this article.
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the wall thing will keep Mexico away but ( and I got this from a 2nd friend of Cliff Claven ) that the outta space aliens will just fly over the wall. ?!??!!?!?!
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The height would 4 miles 20,000 ft, the length of the run 81 miles. The location would likely be up a western slope of the Andes in South America, as close to the bulging equator and as far from the the center of the earth as possible. Launching to the East near the Equator takes advantage of maximum rotational velocity of the Earth’s surface.
Common misconception (has been around since at least the mid-1960's.) But you were given a clue: "launch altitude of 12000-20000 feet." Most of the 81 miles is (almost) a straight horizontal line, curving somewhat upwards at the exit (but still not vertical) -- the exit angle is to reduce the time the launch capsule must fight atmospheric drag, and to follow the shape of the mountain as much as practical. The mountain should have a long, gradual western slope.
On a body like the Moon, the entire magnetic catapult including the exit could be nearly horizontal. The launch capsule need only clear any downrange mountains (not even a factor if they are sufficient distance away.)